The Snow Day: One tough call

2:56 PM,
Dec. 28, 2013

A school bus drops off a student as it makes it way along its route in Brown County on a snowy afternoon. School administrators and bus company officials pay close attention to changing weather conditions that may force school closings.

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While school officials agree a child's safety always comes first, sometimes making the decision to cancel school is a tough call.

As ominous weather patterns begin to threaten, area superintendents mobilize. They spend sleepless winter nights gazing at radar images, searching for the latest forecast only to crawl out of bed at 4 a.m. to gather more input from local meteorologists, plow drivers, police, bus officials and fellow school administrators before making the call to cancel school.

Although school children rejoice in the liberation that a snow day brings, the unexpected ...